Subculture researcher Nathaniel Weiner, (PhD candidate in York University and Ryerson University’s joint PhD program in Communication and Culture) uses Roland Barthes’ notion of ‘fashion narrative’ to elucidate the close relationship between the button-down shirt and the ‘national imaginaries’ of the United States and Britain, in: Transatlantic Translations of the Button-down Shirt (in the journal […]
Tag: international
International CCACCA
Investigator Dany Adams writes: The November 11 issue of Science has an article called “tRNAs Marked with CCACCA Are Targeted for Degradation.” The authors “conjecture that CCACCA…is a universal mechanism…” In discussing this fascinating finding with the Ethiopian and Japanese scientists in the room, I discovered that “CACA” like MA and PA, is a universal word, […]
Animal sounds by humans (international)
The Bzzzpeek project collects sounds that people make to imitate various animals. They also collect imitations of vehicle sounds. They recently added Bulgarian imitators to the mix. (Thanks to investigator Jean Berko Gleason for bringing this to our attention.)
Germany v England Ig Nobel comparison
As Germany and England prepare to meet in the World Cup tournament, The Independent newspaper [in London] totes up their comparative history in other competitions: Three Miss Worlds and one (rugby) World Cup We’ve all heard the song. But there’s more to life than football and fighting. So how do England and Germany measure up […]